Alsace Lorraine Under German Rule
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Hitherto there had been no more effective leaders and spokesmen for the people in their repudiation of the Treaty of Frankfort and of the despotism it had fastened on the land than the Catholic clergy. Of the fifteen men first chosen to the Reichstag from Alsace and Lorraine, and who made the mem- orable protest of 1874, seven were ecclesiastics, two bishops, four parish priests and one abbe. One of the purest and bravest patriots of this people in captivity was Monseigneur Dupont des Loges, Bi...shop of Metz, whom nothing could buy or intimi- ALSACE-LORRAINE, 1890-1911 143 date and who was a pillar of strength to a people in distress, distress of body and of soul, who was as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. The lesson of his power was not lost upon the ruling class of Germany who only waited for the oppor- tunity to lay their hands upon the high personnel of the Church in order to use it for their purposes. Intriguing with the Holy See when vacancies oc- curred, in 1899 and 1900, in the two bishoprics of Metz and Strasburg, the imperial government was successful in getting the two positions filled, not by Alsatians or Lorrainers, but by two Germans from Germany.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Hitherto there had been no more effective leaders and spokesmen for the people in their repudiation of the Treaty of Frankfort and of the despotism it had fastened on the land than the Catholic clergy. Of the fifteen men first chosen to the Reichstag from Alsace and Lorraine, and who made the mem- orable protest of 1874, seven were ecclesiastics, two bishops, four parish priests and one abbe. One of the purest and bravest patriots of this people in captivity was Monseigneur Dupont des Loges, Bi...shop of Metz, whom nothing could buy or intimi- ALSACE-LORRAINE, 1890-1911 143 date and who was a pillar of strength to a people in distress, distress of body and of soul, who was as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. The lesson of his power was not lost upon the ruling class of Germany who only waited for the oppor- tunity to lay their hands upon the high personnel of the Church in order to use it for their purposes. Intriguing with the Holy See when vacancies oc- curred, in 1899 and 1900, in the two bishoprics of Metz and Strasburg, the imperial government was successful in getting the two positions filled, not by Alsatians or Lorrainers, but by two Germans from Germany.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Charles Downer Hazen to read onlineMoreLess
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